Sadistic Leeds 'Honey Monster' killer jailed for life - 30 years after boasting he'd got away with murder
At 6ft 3ins tall and weighing 18st, and with size 14 feet, David Smith was known as the 'Honey Monster' and 'Lurch' by his workmates.
Both women were sexually mutilated by Smith, who was known to colleagues as the “Honey Monster” or “Lurch” because of his 6ft 3in height and heavy build. Smith, wearing dark glasses with his head bowed, showed no emotion as he was branded a “sadistic sexual killer” and a “habitual and dishonest liar”.
He said the killing was part of “an escalating pattern of violence and sexual offending by you against, but not limited to, sex workers,” culminating in the murder of Ms Walker.After he was found guilty of Ms Walker’s murder, Ms Crump’s mother Pat Rhodes said: "I truly believe Smith to be guilty of the murder of my daughter Sarah. I said at the trial that he would kill again."
He said the mitigating features were “thin gruel indeed,” adding: “You have shown no remorse whatsoever.” In a victim impact statement, read in court, from Ms Crump’s eldest sister, Ms Platt said she was speaking on behalf of the family, including her parents who have died. "She was a young woman with a bubbly personality who lived life to the full and was social and popular," she said.
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